Nelson Balang says the offered position in cabinet is unbefitting for a 'senior' PDP president.
Bintulu MP Tiong King Sing has rejected the post of deputy national unity minister, according to his party secretary-general.
Progressive Democratic Party secretary-general Nelson Balang Rining said this decision was made after a PDP supreme council meeting in Kuala Lumpur yesterday following Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s announcement of the new cabinet line-up.
However, he was the only one appointed who did not attend the swearing-in ceremony at the Istana Melawati in Putrajaya today.PDP is part of the GPS coalition, which supports Muhyiddin’s new coalition government, Perikatan Nasional .Aside from Tiong, Muhyiddin had appointed four ministers and five deputy ministers from GPS.
One of the four ministers appointed is Petra Jaya MP Fadillah Yusof, who is the newly-minted works minister as well as one of the four senior ministers. GPS is a coalition of Sarawak-based parties consisting of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu , Sarawak United Peoples’ Party , Parti Rakyat Sarawak and PDP.There are a total of 31 ministers and 38 deputy ministers in Muhyiddin’s cabinet.
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